Friday, September 21, 2012

Lynda Barry Literacy Summary

Lynda Barry started off her literacy when she was young like a lot of people did. She found that she became literate by drawing pictures. She loved to draw. It made her feel good about herself and as she said, it made her feel weightless. But one day she drew a picture that got her in trouble. It was a bad picture. And from then on she always found herself asking the 2 questions. “Is this good?” and “does this suck?” She could never get that feeling back that she use to have when she drew. That feeling of weightlessness and accomplishment. She wasn’t having fun drawing anymore because of those 2 questions she always had to ask herself. But one day she finally just answered “I don’t know” to those questions and that changed everything. It showed that you don’t have to know if it’s good or not. If you like it then it can only be good. The message that I gain from Lynda’s story is that to be confident in your writing and in the topic you are writing about and you won’t have to answer those questions and doubt yourself.

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